Chick Corea

 

Artist:  Chick Corea

Birth Name:  Amando Anthony Corea

Born:  June 2, 1941.  Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Died:  February 9, 2021 (Aged 79).  Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader

Instruments:  Piano, Keyboards,Vibraphone, Drums

Chick Corea was an American Jazz Composer, Pianist, Keyboardist, Bandleader and occasional Percussionist.  He was a member of Miles Davis's Band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of Jazz Fusion.  In the 1970s he formed Return To Forever.  He was also along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett.  He is considered one of the foremost Jazz Pianist of the post-John Coltrane.   He continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s.  He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.

Title:  The Montreux Years (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Global Jazz, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument,  Latin Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock

Label:  BMG

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Fingerprints (2001-Chick Corea New Trio) (7:51)

 2.  Bud Powell (2010-Chick Corea Freedom Band) (13:41)

 3.  Quartet No. 2 Pt. 1 (1988-Chick Corea Acoustic Band) (11:46)

 4.  Interlude (2004-Chick Corea Electric Band) (4:31)

 5.  Who's Inside The Piano (1993-Chick Corea Quartet) (4:41)

 6.  Dignity (2001-Chick Corea New Trio) (7:14)

 7.  America (Continents, Pt. 4) (2006-Chick Corea) (10:07)

 8.  New Waltz (1993-Chick Corea Quartet) (14:10)

Personnel:

Chick Corea New Trio:

Tracks: 1, 6

Chick Corea:  Piano on Tracks: 1, 6

Avashai Cohen:  Bass 

Jeff Ballard:  Drums

Chick Corea Freedom Band:

Track 2

Chick Corea:  Piano

Christian McBride:  Double Bass

Roy Haynes:  Drums

Keny Garrett:  Saxophone

Chick Corea Acoustic Band:

Track 3

Chick Corea:  Piano

John Patitucci:  Bass

Tom Brechtlein:  Drums

Chick Corea Electric Band:

Track 4

Chick Corea:  Piano

John Patitucci:  Bass

Dave Weckl:  Drums

Frank Gambale:  Guitar

Eric Marienthal:  Saxophone

Chick Corea Electric Band:

Tracks::  5, 8

Chick Corea:  Piano

John Patitucci:  Bass

Gary Novak:  Drums

Bob Berg:  Saxophone

Chick Corea & The Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra:

Track 7

Chick Corea:  Piano

Hans Glawischnig:  Bass

Marcus Gilmore:  Drums

Tim Garland:  Saxophone

The Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra:  Orchestra

The Montreux Years  is the showcases some of the legendary pianist  remarkable Montreux Jazz Festival live performances by Chick Corea, released on September 22, 2022 by BMG.